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Dec
2
asked With respect to gnome-session, what is a “component”?
Dec
2
comment Indicator applet in MATE
It's worth mentioning that only indicator-sound-gtk2 and indicator-application-gtk2 exist in 12.10; the others are not available under MATE or XFCE desktops.
Nov
30
comment Why the poor graphics from my Intel VGA over Thunderbolt/Displayport?
Something that just occured to me: have you checked the colour settings on your monitor? I have the U2410 and it has colour settings per input, ie the HDMI can be configured separately from the display port connector (no thunderbolt on this model though.) It also has a large number of settings including basic brightness/contrast, colour temp, and independent gain control for each channel. Apparent low colour depth could be caused by having the brightness too low and the contrast too high, or maybe the other settings are just messed up.
Nov
30
comment Why the poor graphics from my Intel VGA over Thunderbolt/Displayport?
I think your best bet is to report it as a bug on bugs.freedesktop.org under the intel driver. Taking a photo of the screen will probably help diagnose, and of course include everything you've posted here. This should "just work" so even if you find a workaround it still needs fixing.
Nov
29
comment Why the poor graphics from my Intel VGA over Thunderbolt/Displayport?
This is a tricky one. It's not a software problem if screenshots look Ok. It has to be a driver bug, so not something you can easily fix.
Nov
28
comment Problem forcing GNOME Terminal to stretch across multiple monitors
The graphical corruption is a bug and should be reported against your video card drivers.
Nov
27
revised What should I consider when moving from Gnome to Xfce?
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Nov
27
revised What should I consider when moving from Gnome to Xfce?
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Nov
27
answered What should I consider when moving from Gnome to Xfce?
Nov
24
awarded  Popular Question
Nov
23
comment How to override the system locale on a single command?
The answer is something like "LANG=C sudo fdisk -l | pastebinit" but I can't remember the exact, and google is failing me, plus I can't test because I use English...
Nov
23
asked How to override the system locale on a single command?
Nov
22
asked Why do some indicator icons have gtk2 and gtk3 versions, while others have only a single version that works with both libraries?
Nov
20
answered How does one use Ubuntu for Android?
Nov
20
asked How can I temporarily suspend Nautilus filesystem automounting, without making permanent changes to the system and user configuration?
Nov
19
comment Minecraft seems to have broken my Ubuntu 12.04
Sounds like a typical nouveau crash. nouveau hates minecraft.
Nov
10
awarded  Notable Question
Nov
9
comment Firefox 16 won't start from the gnome shell in 12.10
I can't reproduce this with a clean firefox profile so I'm guessing webapps preview did something bad to my old profile that I copied over from 12.04
Nov
9
comment Firefox 16 won't start from the gnome shell in 12.10
This also affects gnome fallback. What is odd is that I made two installs. First a temporary test install, and I didn't get this bug. Second, on the proper install, I did. Perhaps it is because I never ran firefox under Unity on the first install.
Nov
3
comment what's the difference between the various printer connections?
Correct. It answers the question "which one should I choose?"